Genesis 18:1 (WEB)
The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Catechism · 2
In the Old Testament
“Abraham's remarkable hospitality at Mamre foreshadows the annunciation of the true Son of the promise.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:1-15; Lk 1:26-38.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:1-15; Lk 1:26-38. 54-55; Jn 1:12-13; Rom 4:16-21.
Fathers and councils · 14
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…could know the Father [apart] by Himself, without the Word, that is, without the Son; they being ignorant of that God who spake in human shape to Abraham, and again to Moses, saying, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people in Egypt, and I have come down to deliver them.”” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1.
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John Damascene
“…groans and trembling, by the deluge of water, and the utter destruction of almost the whole race, by confusion and diversity of tongues, by the rule of angels, by the burning of cities, by figurative manifestations of God, by wars and victories and defeats, by signs and wonders, by manifold faculties, by the law and…” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1 seqq.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“But though it has been proved possible for Him to be made Man, yet if the Jews still disbelieve, let us hold this forth to them: What strange thing do we announce in saying that God was made Man, when yourselves say that Abraham received the Lord as a guest?” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1 ff.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“For instance, the Lord God, it is said, appeared as a common man to Abraham while he was sitting at the oak of Mambre.” — editor's note: See Gen. xviii. 1 sq.
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Justin Martyr
“…behold, three men stood before him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent; and he bowed himself toward the ground, and said;’ ” (and so on;) “ ‘Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward the…” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1, 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Abraham, also, saw Three, and adored One.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“This especially was Abraham’s praise, for he watched at the door of his tent, that no stranger by any chance might pass by.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii 1 ff.
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Jerome
“I hear that you have erected a hospice for strangers at Portus and that you have planted a twig from the tree of Abraham upon the Ausonian shore.” — editor's note: i.e. the oak of Mamre under which he entertained the three angels (Gen. xviii. 1–8).
Read the whole comment“Shortly afterwards she entered the home of Sarah and beheld the birthplace of Isaac and the traces of Abraham’s oak under which he saw Christ’s day and was glad.” — editor's note: Joh. viii. 56: cf. Gen. xviii. 1, R.V.—q.v.
Read the whole comment“For one who had gone so far astray as to live in Gomorrah could not all at once reach the noonland where Abraham, the friend of God, entertained God and His angels.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1.
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Leo the Great
“…appeared for the purpose of teaching, and justifying men in exactly the same way that He appeared both to patriarchs and prophets in the semblance of flesh; for instance, when He engaged in a struggle, and entered into conversation (with Jacob), or when He refused not hospitable entertainment, and even partook of…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24 and xviii 1. It will be noticed that Leo unhesitatingly pronounces these and similar appearances to be manifestations of the Second Person in…
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Hilary of Poitiers
“XIV. “If any man says that the Son did not appear to Abraham, but the Unborn God, or a part of Him: let him be anathema.” — editor's note: Ib. xviii. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…whom is said to have stood prominently above the others, no one more than the others to have shone with greater glory, or to have acted more authoritatively?” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1
Read the whole comment“Whereas it is said in like manner in another place, “And the Lord appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;” and yet it is added immediately, “And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:” of whom we have already spoken.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 1, 2
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.18.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.18.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.18.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.